The interwar Air Ministry appears here as a warning about what happens when one institutional faction monopolizes attention. In this account, the bomber faction concentrated on Bomber Command while neglecting Fighter Command, the Fleet Air Arm, Coastal Command, Army Co-operation Command, and transport aviation. An active attack may provoke scrutiny and resistance, while indifference can quietly starve several capabilities at once. Priority setting is itself a procurement decision because organizations that leaders stop noticing can enter war without the investment they require.
Notable Point · 38:26-39:40
Air Ministry priorities show the damage of institutional neglect
In this account, the interwar focus on Bomber Command marginalized fighter, naval, coastal, army-cooperation, and transport aviation through indifference, with no single deliberate campaign required.